Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-05-03


fFrans ~ Ess Yswk smn.1
The eans o. Bsrnun and Hasshfnsou.
he eisens msn. aaainat the 6raaa Trnak
Faisway samDauy for tse kflIiea o. TIE
essphana ganbo viii be tried 10 psK9 I'll,
u she supreme esuFt. before gaaRs Pas
taFs0m, On nexa Manday. Ths ew0I
shawmen are suiaa for e1D0.000. yuwbo
wms kilied 81 S. Thomass Cam8dsy CO
she niaht 81 6epasmbeF Is. 1856. and was
twssty- Eour years ED - ths sizns - bis
death. Re was q wgndeTfuily inaslif
gent and aAaaeions animal. and was
km0wn thranRbout ths efvilixed world -
the iesesat livfna earnestly Of the animal
kinaaom- He waa eaptsTe4 In Africa
when oniy fonf yeaSs old. and IN jana.
1855. vas taksn to she zoosoaisai Rax
dena. R-asna para, L0nd0n, KEafand,
where for neaFiy twenty years be wae =
fsvsEfts with every visitor 10 tina garden.
He waa tbs childFsn'a especial delight.
aad never seemed more happy tran
when be had half dozen on his bach.
Barnam saessedsd In baysng him In
1881. and sent him 10 Ameriea. The
oitisens Of Liondoa we're % stt@eAed 20
him THAI thsy aven COS ous an ini1ne-
ton and tried 10 restrain the authorities
fscrn allowing the esephaat 10 be
shipped away. For tbs twenty years
thai gambs had been In eapfivisy his
kasper bad never been separated frem
him for Twelve hours 81 . time. They
were inseparabIe esmpanioaa The keep
o. had often said that death woald Be
The only thing th4t could paFt them.
Tue BaTnnm. Bailey and Hutchinson
oombined show. oF "The Greatest SHOW
on Earth" 81 u wss called, left Rosse's
Point, Hew York. January 81, 1856. gith
forty eight cars, On an extended toas.
rhe train arrived ct St. Thomas, Can
ada, 50 the msFning Of September Is. Of
tie same year, and switched on side
track. Jnst al that point where the
train saopped the road bad been graded
nearly ten fest higher than the level,
which caused O steep emhankment on
both sides Of the track. In unloading
the animals they waFe compelled 10
waIk along the main track. 70 where Q
roadway epeninR had been mads By dis
connsosine the train, and lead down the
embaakmant. The circus tent bad
been pitched q short distance TO the
noFth Of whese She train vas switched,
and was surrounded By q high board
fence.
No acsidemt occurred In the unloading
Of tbs animals In the morRina. Toe
eiFoua gave oniy oae performance, and
early In the evening the employees
began 10 reload the ears. ali Of the
animals had bean sesuFely fastened IN
their respective ears except the herd Of
fourteen elephants. They we're In
charge Of George II. AFkenstaIl, except
Jumbo, who vas attended ~ bis old
keeper, Scotia. They had been driven up
the embankment on the main track
All wess put into the cars except Queen.
Gipsy. Jumbo, and the baby elephant,
10 which Jumbo had from lbs birth
taken q great likiaa. He always felt
more eontented when the Baby was near
him. Suddenly, and without warning,
q freight train was heard laundering
along from the east, Hardly had tie
sound Feaahed the ears of the people
when the headlight from the eRgine
shot around band Ia the road. ARken
stall. who FIRST saw the Train, yelled to
Scott Of the top Of his lungs, Scott, for
Gods sake taFn Jumbo. Here comes
train y
Jumbo was facing toward the coming
train. SCOTT tried 20 drive him down
the ambankmsnt, bot II licked too steep
for him and be would not 20. Catching
him BY the trunk and one tusk be faced
Jumbo about. The train vas then
within hundred yards of them. jun
DO, realizing the peril be was 10, first
stepped long enough 20 pick the bgby
elephant up With bis trunk, threw IL
d1wn the emb4nkment, and started on
run down the track TO the opening in
the train. His ears we're pricked up
aud he whistlsd fTiRhtfully. The two
keepers ran beside him. He was within
a few feet Of the opening when the
freight train eFashsd down apon hsm
and struck bin IN she hind quarters.
He vas thrown between the man track
and the switch, asd fell on his side. his
head falling underneath sons q u cars
belonging TO the show. His skull vas
fractured. His keeper ran 10 his side,
and shaking be vas mogs scared than
hurt, tried 70 revive him by pouring
water down his throat. Bot be was
dying.
When Scott learned the tFuth be
tire himself upon his old friend, tried
10 encirole bis poc derous neck With his
armB. and wept like child. The force
Of the collision was 80 great that the en-
CINE, tender and forward trucks of the
hrea freight car we're thrown from the
track. Both the fireman and engineer
had jumped from the engine Just before
the collision and saved themselves. The
engineer said be vas running a wild
cat" train, or Q train running on no
schedule time. and did not zee the ele-
plant until be was right on him. Queen
and Gypsy we're thrown down the en-
bankmeut, bat received no serious inju
riea. The baby elephants lea was broken.
Crowds of people gathered. Many
we're affected 20 tears BY the grief OF
Jumbo's keeper. Mr.. AtkenstaIl said
that IL Jumbo had nos stopped 10 save
the baby elephant be could have reached
the opening In time 20 have been out Of
the way Of the train.
Subsequently Mr.. BaFnum had the
hide taken from Jumbo and his skels.
ton mounted. The skeleton has been
exhibited In bits shows ever since. Sceti
has never recovered from the death Of
his old friead Of twenty years. when
Barnum was winterinR bis animals At
Bridgeport, Conn. the last winter,
Scott SLEPT under the skeleton Of Jumbo
and refuses even new 10 leave IL. There
are rumora that 10 will be presented 20
the Smithsonian Institute az Vast ing
ton. II 90. Scott says be will accompany
IL there, where he can see and be near Il.
The lawsuit vas hroaaht against the
Grand Trunk railway company last
yesF, but was adjourned. The company
offered $1,000 10 BaFnam, bat u vas
refused. They claim tAas she elephant |
vas worth no mere. and vas houRht |
from she London authorities, Who gave
him np GA account OF his vieionsnsss, At |
\ iow price. They have summoned wit |
1essea fFon London 10 prove this state |
nenL and they will be Ia eoaFt on